The girl, who was talking to the supplier at that time, flinched and almost dropped the phone.
– “And you’re still sitting!” the mother-in-law grumbled, looking into the room.
The girl continued talking, trying not to pay attention to the woman.
– You’re always talking on the phone! No fresh borscht to cook or cutlets to make … – she continued to say.
– Quiet! – the girl shouted and returned to the phone.
– She’s shushing here! Well and good! – the mother-in-law, raising her chin, left the apartment.
The girl finished the conversation and groaned aloud, putting her head down on the table. How tired she was!
She and her husband finally paid off the mortgage last year. The apartment was one-room, but spacious with a large kitchen and a balcony. The couple thought about replenishing the family and now worked, saving money for maternity leave.
In the new realities, the girl was transferred to remote work and now she worked from home. The man understood perfectly well that it was even more difficult to work at home, but the mother-in-law…
In general, the man’s parents lived in the suburbs, but age took its toll, and the newlyweds could not come often. In addition, the neighbor wanted to expand and for six months had been persuading them to sell their old house with a plot. And then it turned out that the apartment next door to their son was for sale. And the mother-in-law, who was categorically against moving to the city, suddenly agreed to sell the house and quickly bought this apartment. The father was still working, but the mother retired and quit her job. She was bored there alone, and here her daughter-in-law was by her side all day.
But she did not understand that the girl was not talking on the phone with her friends and not on Facebook, but working. That she had duties that she had to fulfill during the day, otherwise she would be reprimanded and fired.
Now the woman was accompanying her husband to work, at the same time the son was also leaving, the girl sat down at her workplace, and the woman came to visit.
The girl first tried to explain, then the son talked, but it helped only for a day. The next morning, the door would open and the mother-in-law’s voice would be heard throughout the apartment.
The young people once even took away the keys to the apartment, but then the girl had to negotiate with the trill of the doorbell, and only the panic of the mother-in-law and the threat of calling the police forced the girl to open the door. They did not take any more risks.
And now they tried everything, and the girl could not think of what to do next. It is impossible to live like this.
Now the mother-in-law is defiantly offended, but it will last for a couple of hours at most, then she will come again with advice, nitpicking and long conversations.
– I can’t live like this anymore… – the girl said in the silence of the night… – It’s impossible to live like this, she doesn’t even pay attention to your words, not to mention mine
– I understand, – he sighed. – But I don’t know what to do. It was their choice, they sold the house, bought an apartment, we couldn’t stop it… And what if we keep her busy?
– With what? I have already watched classes for pensioners, now everything is closed.
The room fell silent.
– How much do we have in savings? – my husband suddenly asked.
– We need to look at the accounts, we still have some cash. Why?
– Look tomorrow. Now we live in a one-room apartment, and the baby will be born, what will we do? Let’s look for a bigger apartment?
– An apartment? A bigger one? Somewhere else?” She even sat up in bed.
– Sure. What are we waiting for?
– Yes! – the girl screaming ran into the arms of her husband. – Yes!
The next day, the girl was flying around the apartment, she was not even annoyed by her mother-in-law, who came in again.
A month later, the couple stunned their parents with the news of moving.
– How? – the mother-in-law sat on the chair.
– Quiet, you! Well done! – said the father. – And where will they raise their grandson? They did the right thing!
– Mom, we will be only in the neighboring district, not even on the other side of the city, – the son squatted down in front of his mother. – And you now settle down, there are many neighbors of your age.
Surprisingly, despite the first shock, the mother-in-law quickly joined the building team.
And the newlyweds started a new honeymoon in their new apartment.
